| الشعراء Ash-Shuʻarāʼ The Poets | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Meccan |
| Position | Juzʼ 19 |
| Hizb no. | 37 |
| No. of verses | 227 |
| No. of Rukus | 11 |
| No. of Sajdahs | (none) |
| No. of words | 1463 |
| No. of letters | 5553 |
| Quran |
|---|
Ash-Shu‘ara’[1] (Arabic: الشعراء, ’ash-shu‘arā’; meaning: The Poets) is the 26th chapter (sūrah) of the Qurʾan with 227 verses (āyāt). Many of these verses are very short. The chapter is named from the word Ash-Shu'ara in ayat 224.[2] It is also the longest Meccan surah according to the number of verses.
The chapter talks about various prophets and their tribes, and how the disbelievers were destroyed after threatening the prophets with death. It also talks about the mercy of God (Allah). This surah starts with the story of Moses, followed by that of Abraham.
Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl), it is an earlier "Meccan surah", which means it is believed to have been revealed in Mecca. The topic and the style appear, and the traditions affirm, that it was uncovered during the center Makkan period. As indicated by Ibn Abbas, Surah Ta-Ha was uncovered first, at that point Surah Al-Waqiah, and afterward Surah Ash-Shu'ara.[3]
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